Below you can find the transcript and answers to the listening exercise about Autism Hour. If you have not completed this lesson, please do so before looking at the answers below. Click here: Autism Hour Listening Lesson
Transcript & Audio
There are 700,000 autistic people in the UK. Autism is a lifelong disability which affects how a person communicates and responds to people and how they experience the world around them. Although most of the public have heard of autism, few actually understand what it is like to live with it and how to support someone with autism. Autism Hour is when businesses agree to dim their lights and reduce background noise, such as music, to create an environment that is more suitable for autistic people. Autistic people have difficulty processing sensory information leading to sensory overload which can cause great stress and even physical pain. In a world geared towards neuro-typical people, this problem can leave autistic people restricted in where they can go and what they can enjoy. Autism Hour not only opens doors to autistic shoppers and their families, it also provides an opportunity for staff members to learn more about autism which is essential if autistic people are to get the support and respect they need from society. Autism Hour is also important in bringing to light the general affect that sensory information can have on people who are not neuro-typical or who have an illness affecting their ability to cope with light or noise or any other type of sensory information.
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Answers
- 1. Autism can affect how someone ……….. with others and how they experience the world.
- Answer: COMMUNICATES
- You cannot have “COMMUNICATE” or “COMMUNICATION”.
- The sentence must be grammatically correct when it is completed.
- 2. Businesses should ………. their lights and reduce noise during Autism Hour.
- Answer: DIM
- 3. Too much light and noise and lead to a sensory ………… which can be painful for people with autism.
- Answer: OVERLOAD
- 4. Society is mostly …………. towards neuro-typical people.
- Answer: GEARED
- 5. Some people with other illnesses can also struggle to cope with ………… information.
- Answer: SENSORY
- It is not possible to have the words “LIGHT” or “NOISE” or any other word as the answer. You cannot write “light information” as a compound noun in English.
- Answer: SENSORY
Tip: Always remember that the listening test is also testing your understanding of English grammar and English vocabulary.
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Thanks a bunch. The goal is to get better every day.
Good luck!
Dead man,hope you are in good state of your health. I have a query about number 4 answer. Why ‘restricted’ is not the right answer?
Thanks in Advance
The word “restricted” is not use before the preposition “towards”. This is all about learning grammar. You can have:
restricted in / by / due to / to / for / from / as / with
Get a phrasal verb dictionary and look up the word “restricted”. Then learn all the possible prepositions that can follow it – learn their meaning with sample sentences. This is a great way to increase your English language range and accuracy.
I got 4 out of 5 since I missed the the correct word for question 4. Practice really makes perfect
Exactly!. More practice is needed which will lead to more awareness of technique 🙂
Hi Liz,
Thank you for the amazing tips! I would like to ask you, is it possible to write different word with the same meaning or slightly different? or it has to be the same?
For example : I didn’t hear ” DIM ” so I write ” turn off ” or ” reduce”
The answer must be the precise word you hear in the recording. The answer DIM is the only possible answer.
I got 5 out of 5, but i must make the sound of my earphone louder, speacially that the word “geared” is not so clear.
Thank you Liz, I also need ore practice.
I got 3 out of 5 need to practise more
l got 4 out 5,l will put more effort thanks liz.
Got 3 out of 5, wrote communicate leaving out the s. Also included light, noise. . ..
Il continue to get better with practice.
Thank you Liz.
Tnx Liz, i have done the listening practice, got three out of 5.
4/5 for me as well. I believe it’s a good start.
Got 4 out of five. Need to practice more of listening
Hi Liz,
I could get 4 out of 5 correct. I will improve.
Regards
Seema
I got 4 correctly but will keep on practicing
Got 4/5
Thanks Liz, I couldn’t get 4th question. I am glad it opened my eyes on pronunciation.
Hi Liz,I only managed to get two answers correct “communicates” & “sensory”.It was my first time to attempt an IELTS listening test.So,thank you so much.
It’s all about practice 🙂 See this page for all my listening lessons and tips: https://ieltsliz.com/ielts-listening/
Got four out of five. Couldn’t get that part of the audio that contained no 4 question but refused to replay the record. Kudos to you Liz for your help.
Replay the recording after checking the answers. It will also help you with pronunciation 🙂
I got all of the answers, I’m glad. I used geared as my number 4 answer but when I saw almost everyone using restrictive I got really confused. I’m really glad I got all d answers correctly. Blessings Liz
Well done 🙂